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Gavin Garnica suffered a black eye caused by the car accident on i-10 last week, during a high speed chase.

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Alivia Garnica is alleged to have driven her brother Gavin to Houston after he escaped from the parish jail.

Vermilion Parish sheriff fixes ‘deficiencies’ that allowed Garnica to jump over fence, go missing for eight hours before learning he had escaped

Tue, 12/09/2025 - 11:20am

Each new sheriff in Vermilion Parish faces challenges like this and learns from them.
Sheriff Eddie Langlinais and his deputies are now facing tough lessons similar to those of the previous administration.
During his 20 years in office, former Sheriff Mike Couvillon had at least two prisoners escape from the correctional center.
One escape occurred in 2013, when Christopher Dyson, a trusty, climbed the fence during work duty.
In 2015, 26-year-old Carl Striggow ran away while working in the 20-acre garden.

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Police arrested Gavin Garnica after he was involved in solo accident on I-10 last week.

Escaped Vermilion Parish inmate leads police on high speed chase on I-10

Tue, 12/09/2025 - 11:16am

The inmate who escaped from the Vermilion Parish Correctional Center on Dec. 3 was caught after leading police on a high-speed chase from Jennings to Rayne.
Gavin Garnica, 23, was caught Friday night in Rayne after a two-day search, according to Jennings Police Chief Danny Semmes.
Jennings police worked with Vermilion Parish and federal authorities to find Garnica on Friday.
Chief Semmes said that around 11:30 p.m. Friday, someone told a Shop Rite security guard that they were scared of the person they had picked up in their car.

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Gavin Garnica, shown in the two photos above, escaped from the Vermilion Parish Correctional Center the late hours of Dec. 3.

Update: Man who escaped from jail Vermilion Parish captured

Thu, 12/04/2025 - 12:29pm

Update: Update: Vermilion Parish Sheriff Eddie Langlinais is pleased to report that as of approximately 11:45 p.m. on Dec. 5, escaped inmate Gavin Garnica has been apprehended along I-10 west of Lafayette, Louisiana and is now in custody.
Sheriff Langlinais extends his sincere gratitude to all assisting agencies whose swift response and coordinated efforts helped to bring the manhunt for Garnica to a close.
Further details regarding the escape, manhunt, and apprehension are forthcoming.

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Rotary Club of Abbeville member Mark Shirley presents the 2025 Rotary Club Farmer the Year Award to the Duhons, Amanda (left) and Kelsi.

Duhons win Vermilion Parish Rotary's Farmer of The Year award

Tue, 11/25/2025 - 9:27am

For so many farmers, the effort is about family.
That is truly the case when it comes to this year’s Rotary Club of Abbeville Farmer of the Year Award. On Nov. 19, the club presented the honor to Kelsi and Amanda Duhon.
“It is definitely an honor,” Amanda Duhon. “We were very shocked. We’re just so thankful to be a part of this community.”
Rotarian Mark Shirley, who announced the Duhons as the honorees, said it shouldn’t come as a surprise.

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